DGT 2021 Best Picks
The beginning of a new year is one of my favorite times in parenting. It is a fresh start with an opportunity to infuse new ideas, love, hope, and kindness into my daily routine. I hope you find the resources you need at Doing Good Together to do the same.
We have such gratitude for our big-hearted community of families and partners that have supported us this past year. You are all inspirational in the ways you take what we create and find energy, space, and time to prioritize your values in teaching your children. We want to hear from you! Please, take two minutes and share why you support DGT and how you are using our resources in creative and innovative ways.
This month, I want to spotlight DGT’s best creations of 2021 in case you missed them, want to revisit them, or want to share them with others. (Yes, please do so!). Be sure to subscribe to our blog, newsletter, and/or volunteer listings so you can easily find all the good we create in 2022!
Wishing you peace, joy, love, and health this 2022.
– MiaLisa Millares, Executive Director
ACTION
Doing Good Together works hard to keep kindness at the forefront of our work and provide you with new and exciting ways to infuse “do good” habits into your everyday practice and routine. Here are some of the best picks and updates we made this past year.
Visit the DGT website with a new, easy-to-navigate home page!
Improved Website
Doing Good Together works hard to keep kindness at the forefront of our work and provide you with new and exciting ways to infuse “do good” habits into your everyday practice and routine. Here are some of the best picks and updates we made this past year.
New Projects and Resources
As we do every year, we’ve created new resources to help your family live generously. This year, our favorite activities included:
Podcasts
Our Big-Hearted Families Director, Sarah Aadland, has been guest speaking on several podcasts this year. Check out one of the podcasts that reflects on empathy, compassion, and community.
Covid-19 Resources
We know that the start of 2022 is a little bit challenging and want you to have all the resources you need to keep going from home (if necessary). Check out our amazing Covid-19 Resource Page to keep your family busy safely, from a distance.
Expanded Membership Opportunities
We launched our family and classroom memberships which provide unique, timely, and valuable new content that is great for families, youth groups, or classrooms. We offer member-exclusive deals as well. In addition, we are launching a new membership gathering that allows members to get live webinars and access to a kindness community.
Replays of our Saturday 2021 video series will be included in our Membership Library.
2021 Virtual Festival of Giving
Our second Virtual Festival of Giving was successful and popular. We had four weeks of author-read books and activities to pair with them. Over the coming weeks, the replays of this event will be available in our Members Only Library. Here is a great learning plan that highlights one of the books, Maddi’s Fridge, which focused on food insecurity. Check out the benefits of membership here.
Our Best Blogs + Newsletters:
Our most popular postings in 2021 include our blogger’s reflections:
For research-based information on critical child-rearing topics, these newsletter articles were a hit:
CONVERSATIONS
Here are some great conversation starters for families for the new year!
What book inspired you most last year?
How did you give of your time and help others in 2021?
When you think back on 2021, what will you remember most?
In what ways did you spread love and kindness to those that mean the most to you this year?
What was an unexpected joy this past year?
What was an unexpected challenge, and how did you rise to meet it?
READ
Have you perused our book lists? We have added books to our existing lists for an even more comprehensive experience. Additionally, we have completely revised the way that we are displaying books, so they are easier to find. Do you want a book on the environment? One on kindness? On comfort? You can find it easily in the new way we have organized our book collection. Check out the new design and find a book list for your family that meets your needs!
INSPIRATION
“Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it... yet.”
–Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery)